Senate roll call 232 · 49th Congress · Jul 12, 1886
To amend H. R. 7480, by appropriating a sum for the construction of a canal at hennepin, illinois, and by instructing the secretary of war to acquire the necess
On Jul 12, 1886, the Senate voted 31–22 (HR 7480). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–7, Democrats 9–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 49th Congress (1885–1886), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 12, 1886
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Sherman R-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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